I'd like to thank everyone who has given Andy and Gabriel's story a chance so far. This was a story that I really loved writing and I also hope that I managed to deal with such a delicate topic with due respect, beyond the abstractions that a romantic novel allows. If you have ever suffered or are suffering the same as Andy, please seek help and take care of yourself ❤️ I would also like to ask, if you enjoyed reading MBCWLMA, please consider leaving a review on the app and rating the story. The Sneak Peek you just read is the first chapter of my new story here in Goodnovel which, with luck, will be available on February 1st, next week. So, if you liked what you read, consider looking for this title early next month ^^ See you all again in the next story!
Andy's mother used to say that kindness was more powerful than any kind of brute force. However, the truth was that since she was a child, and even today, at the age of 15, Andy suspected the veracity of that sentence since, apparently, it was because of her mother's thinking that she had spent so many years suffering from her husband's betrayals and contempt, only having managed to break free of it through a divorce that was barely a year old. Not that Andy had ever dared question Imogen about that because, well, she was her mother and the best person she knew, so there had to be some truth to that.But at that moment, as she tried unsuccessfully to free herself from the grasp of the hands of the two boys who were dragging her by the arms along the Ferrars' country house, Andy could not believe more than ever that kindness was a cure for anything.“Let me go!” she screamed again, eagerly trying to kick one of their legs, but the boys just laughed and held her even higher, making her
“Uh… Are you sure we should be here, Gabriel? Your parents made it very clear that they didn't want anyone near the river, because of the strong current at that time of year...""Don't you want to go whine about it to your mommy, Steven?" Mark scoffed, but Gabriel paid neither attention, continuing to undress until he was wearing nothing but his sweatpants "We don't want to risk a little baby starting to cry, do we?"Steven probably shouted the worst possible curse in Mark's direction, but Gabriel couldn't hear it, having already dove towards the water of the river before him, which looked as angry as he felt inside. He hoped he had scared the Vamcap girl enough that she knew better than to accompany the rest of the class on that silly ride his father had made a point of offering to the principal as one of the annual donations the Ferrars made to the school. But, no, she had to be stupid enough to come torment him there, with those big dark eyes that he couldn't forget even when he wa
Fuck, if he was going to die, then at least let it happen while he was trying to save himself.That was the last thought that crossed his mind before he relaxed his body and let the current carry him swiftly closer to the log, and Gabriel would remember it for a long, long time."Hold my hand!" just as he was about to slam his face against the wobbly tree, a pale hand appeared from beneath the water, and even though the water was trying to make his body spin, Gabriel managed to grab Andrea's wrist at the last moment, getting the support he needed to lean against the trunk and lift his chest out of the water, taking a sharp intake of air that made everything inside him ache “Hurry! We need to get to the shore!” she screamed, not letting go of his trembling body for a single instant, with a strength that surprised him “I know you must be in shock! But try to move!”And even with all the fear, the pain and the urge to vomit all the water that had lodged inside him, Gabriel found himself
On the same day that she had saved her bully from drowning, Andy had promised herself that she would never see him again. But, after spending 10 years without having the displeasure of seeing Gabriel Ferrars' face again, she had discovered that, more than unfair, fate could also be extremely cruel."Excuse me." A female voice sounded behind her the moment Andy entered that huge building and as she turned around she saw a blonde woman smiling hopefully “Are you Andrea Vamcap?”“Uh… Yes, I am.” Andy answered hesitantly."Thank God." the woman sighed, as if that was the best news she had ever received “I am Mr. Ferrars' secretary. Please follow me. He is waiting for you.”Clenching her hands into fists hard enough to feel the pain of the nails digging into her palms, Andy managed to swallow the disgust of knowing that he'd apparently let everyone there on notice of her presence, and just nodded. Still, as the smiling secretary guided her to a nearby elevator, nothing was able to ease the
Ferrars men tended to be obsessive about the woman they loved.Gabriel had been less than eight years old when his grandfather had told him this, shortly after he had seen his grandson chuckle the way he always smirked when his wife walked past them as they played together in the living room. Of course, at the time, Gabriel was too young to understand why his grandfather was advising him to prepare for the future. In fact, even as he got older and one day he found himself unable to take his eyes off the girl who had been his classmate since he was in elementary school, Gabriel still refused to understand the true meaning of that phrase.It was ridiculous and depressing to remember how the only thing that had made him realize how he felt about Andrea Vamcap was having his life saved by her. And now, here they were. He had spent the last ten years thinking about those black eyes every second of every day and she...She clearly hated him."What did you say?" slowly, Andy's face took on a
“You don't have to worry about me, Aaron. I know how to take care of myself.” Andy sighed, massaging one of her temples as she spoke to her brother on the phone, although Aaron didn't seem at all willing to let the subject of her meeting with Gabriel Ferrars the day before go so easily.“I don’t care if you know how to take care of yourself or not. I want to know what that son of a bitch said to you yesterday.” Her older brother grunted, a little grumpier than usual, with frustration.“Grandma will be very angry if she hears you calling one of her best friends a bitch...” Andy tried to joke, not wanting to lie to her brother about what had happened, although that seemed to be becoming inevitable.“Andrea...” Aaron gritted his teeth loud enough so she could hear o
“I can hardly believe it!” Andy growled angrily, practically hurling her tablet against her office room table the moment she and Harriet were finally alone, after hours of listening to Conrad talk about how the contract with Ferrars was the firm's golden opportunity "What is this idiot thinking? Wasn't it enough that I agreed to this crazy idea of meeting up to spend time with him, that is, whatever the fuck that means, in exchange for the evidence he has about my mother's extramarital affair! And that scoundrel even dared to tell me that he wanted to prove to me that he had changed, when he met me yesterday...!”“I don't know if I've been reading too many romance novels lately, but…” Harriet commented, not only thoughtfully, but also slightly concerned “Spending 10 years sending you gifts, blackmailing you into meeting him, and now becoming his client for can I
“So that’s all you got? I expected better results, after all the wonders that investors commented on your business…” Sienna Ferrars commented, for the entire meeting room to hear, with her light brown, almost golden eyes, completely focused on the graphs appearing on the tablet's screen in front of her.Gabriel, however, wasn't even surprised by his mother's words, as most of the directors around seemed to be surprised, swallowing hard, uncomfortable. After all, they weren't used to that kind of comment, like Gabriel was. So he just nodded, even though he knew that Sienna wasn't paying attention to him, as usual.“The iron extraction points that I bought in China recently needed government authorization before we could start activities, so they took longer to turn a profit than planned.” he explained, without any hesitation